John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of animal rights, workers’ rights and socialism. London wrote several works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, War of the Classes, and Before Adam. His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote about the South Pacific in stories such as "The Pearls of Parlay", and "The Heathen".
Jack London
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דזשזעק לאנדאן, John Griffith London, 잭 런던, e 37 altri
伦敦杰克, Chieh-kʻo Lun-tun, דז׳ק לונדון, Džek London, لندن، جک, John Griffith Chaney, Dz̆ek London, Zhek London, Џек Лондон, דזשעק לאנדאן, דזיק לונדון, Ǧik Lundun, Tzak Lonton, Jack London, Джек Лондон, Jek London, ד לאנדאן, Dzhek London, Dzjek London, Tzack Lonton, Jaek Lŏndŏn, דזשאק לאנדאן, Jo Chaney, Jad London, Dzsheḳ London, London, Jāk Laṇṭan̲, Ǧāk Lundun, Dzhėk London, Chieh-k'o Lun-Tun, G'eḳ London, Jack John Griffith London, ג'ק לאנדאן, Jak Landan, דזש לאנדאן, ג׳ק לונדון, Ǧāk London - Nascita:
- 11 Gennaio 1876
- Morte:
- 22 Novembre 1916
